Wouter Van Belle is a Belgian musician and producer. He is known for his work with

Flip Kowlier Flip Kowlier (pseudonym of Filip Willy Mariette Cauwelier, born 15 March 1976 in Izegem, West Flanders) is a Belgian singer, songwriter and rapper. He sings in a distinct West Flemish dialect. He is an MC with the hip hop group, 't Hof van Comme ...

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, Noordkaap,

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Axelle Red Fabienne Demal (born 15 February 1968), better known by her stage name Axelle Red, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. She has released 12 albums, including ''Sans plus attendre'', ''À Tâtons'', ''Toujours Moi'' and ''Jardin Secret''. She is best ...

, Yevgueni,

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and

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. He scored as producer four number-one albums in Flanders and one in the Netherlands, and had top three singles in Flanders, France and the Netherlands. He is also the keyboard player for

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Career

One of Van Belle's first productions was ''Gorky'', the debut album of Belgian band

. Van Belle was responsible for much of the sound and melody of the song ''Mia'', which he turned from a punkrock song into a piano ballad. Despite never being released as a single, it became a classic which was voted the best song ever by the listeners of

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and best Belgian song ever by the listeners of Radio 1. Van Belle not only produced the album, but also created the piano melody for the song. The number 2 song in the above mentioned list of best Belgian songs ever, ''Als ze lacht'' by Yevgueni, was also produced by Van Belle. In the 2005 version of that all-time Flemish songs list, he was involved as producer, mixer, writer and/or musician with 18 of the 100 songs. In 1994 he won the Zamu Music Award for Best Producer. He created his own label "Petrol" in 2000, to release an album he produced for Flip Kowlier which was then rejected by his original label. ''Ocharme ik'' reached #18 in the Flemish charts, and Van Belle would continue to release music on his own label, not only by Kowlier but also by Yevgueni and

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. In 2006 he released a solo album, ''Wow/Flutter''. In 2011 he was one of the four judges on '' Idool'', the Flemish version of British TV show ''

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''. In 2020, he was inducted into the "Eregalerij" (Hall of Fame) of Radio 2, the largest radio station in Flanders, for his "large influence on Belgian music" The Hall of Fame lauded his work as a producer and as talent developer with e.g. Axelle Red and Flip Kowlier.

Charted singles

As writer or composer

, ''Vive ma liberté'' (1993), reached #48 in the Flemish charts *

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, ''Alle mooie mannen zijn zo lelijk... (als ik je zie)'' (1990), #53 on the Dutch charts

As producer

**''A quoi ça sert'' (1996), reached #45 in the French charts **''À tâtons'' (1996), reached #30 in Wallonia and #35 in Flanders **''Elle danse seule'' (1992), #11 in Flanders **''Je t'attends'', #113 in France and #22 in Flanders **''Le monde tourne mal'' (1993), #28 in Flanders and #38 in France **''Rester femme'' (1996), #9 in France **''Sensualité'' (1996), #2 in France (remained in the charts for 46 weeks) and #6 in Belgium * Belgian Asociality **''De gefrustreerde automobilist'' (1995), #50 in Flanders **''Morregen'' (1994), #47 in Flanders *

**''Directeur'' (2013), #41 in Flanders **''Mo ba nin'' (2010), #30 in Flanders *

/Gorky (band changed name) **''Anja'' (1990), #36 in Flanders **''Lieve kleine Piranha'' (1991), #50 in Flanders **''Soms vraagt een mens zich af'' (1992), #32 in Flanders *Kid Safari, ''Blue'' (1994), #38 in Flanders *MC Baker & The PCB, ''Don't Mess It Up'' (1991), #29 in Flanders * Noordkaap **''Ik hou van u'' (1995), #22 in Flanders **''Satelliet Suzy'' (1996), #21 in Flanders *

**''Lost & Blown Away'' (2000), #45 in Flanders and #92 in the Netherlands **''Wrong'' (1999), #43 in Flanders and #47 in the Netherlands *

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, ''One Day At A Time'' (1998), #44 in FLanders *

**''Brick By Brick'' (2014), #32 in the Netherlands **''Don't Give Up The Fight'' (2011), #8 in the Netherlands **''Freedom'' (2011), #81 in the Netherlands **''Liverpool Rain'' (2011), #56 in the Netherlands **''No Mercy'' (2011), #3 in the Netherlands **''Oceaan'' (2012), #6 in the Netherlands (64 weeks in the charts) **''Shoes Of Lightning'' (2013), #5 in the Netherlands **''Took A Hit'' (2011), #57 in the Netherlands * Stash, Sadness (2004), #2 in Belgium (33 weeks in the charts), #96 in the Netherlands *Volt, ''They're Gonna Sample Me'' (1993), #50 in Flanders *

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, ''Ebbenhout blues'' (1991), #5 in Flanders

Charted albums (as producer)

**''

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'' (1996), #3 in Flanders, #5 in France and #6 in Wallonia **''

Con solo pensarlo ''Con Solo Pensarlo'' is a 1998 album by the Belgian singer Axelle Red. The albums contains Spanish versions of French songs that appeared on Axelle Red's two previous albums, ''Sans Plus Attendre'' and ''À Tâtons À, à ( a-grave) is a letter ...

'' (1998), #1 in Flanders and #5 in Wallonia **''

Sans plus attendre ''Sans Plus Attendre'' is the debut album by Belgian singer Axelle Red, released in 1993. Five singles were taken from the album: "Kennedy Boulevard", "Elle danse seule", "Je t'attends", "Sensualité" and "Le monde tourne mal". Track listing # ...

'' (1993), #16 in Flanders, #19 in Wallonia, #46 in France * Belgian Asociality, ''Adenosine Trifosfaat Preparaat'' (1995), #44 in Flanders *BiezeBaaze, ''Wachten op misschien'' (2003), #31 in Flanders *

**''Ocharme ik'' (2001), #18 in Flanders **''In de fik'' (2004), #2 in Flanders **''Otoradio'' (2010), #7 in Flanders **''Cirque - De avonturen van W.M. Warlop'' (2013), #7 in Flanders **

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, ''Lost In Time'' (2019), #3 in Flanders * Gorky, ''Gorky'' (1992), #39 in Flanders * Laïs, ''Douce victime'' (2004), #3 in Flanders * Noordkaap, ''Programma '96'', #8 in Flanders *

, ''Novastar'', #1 in Flanders and #66 in the Netherlands *

, ''The Inner Child'' (1998), #10 in Flanders *

**''Liverpool Rain'' (2011), #1 in the Netherlands and #109 in Flanders * Stash **''Blue Lanes'' (2007), #24 in Flanders **''Rock 'n Roll Show'' (2005), #1 in Flanders * Yevgueni **''Aan de arbeid'' (2007), #13 in Flanders **''Kannibaal'' (2004), #50 in Flanders **''We zijn hier nu toch'' (2009), #1 in Flanders

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